Author : Paul BleakleySo weather you are in you are in your local pub or a new bar while on holiday/vacation here are few games you can use to keep yourself and your friends entertained while you drink the night away Its often thought that alcohol can make any sport even more entertaining and these fun bar games are no exception

The first is called truth or drink and all it requires is you to do is make the decision between drinking and answering a question truthfully As you move around the group in a circular fashion each person has to make the crucial decision, the key to the game as with most drinking games to keep upping the requirements for taking a drink instead of telling the truth See how many rounds you can go without falling over

The countries game is a very strange one but will test the knowledge of the whole group It is first thought to have originated from Newcastle England were a record game of a few hours went on before people worked it out Everyone has to say the name of a country and the leader will say if they have got it right or not It starts off with one person who is in on the game who gives a country name Then as everyone in the group takes their turn the leader will say if they have got it right or not The key to getting a right country isnt the country name but saying “ummm” as if thinking about the country before hand People will be very confused about why they get some countries right but others wrong and will quickly be confused And dont forget, every wrong answer will require a drink as a forfeit

Bar shots is an interesting game and one that could get you thrown out of the bar or at least very drunk First go up to the bar with a note of about $10 and order a single shot Hand over the note and as the bar-tender goes to get you your change you drink the shot When the bartender comes back with your change order the same shot again with the remaining money Keep doing this until you have no change left or you fall over at the bar However you do need to have some understanding bar staff with a sense of humour for this game to work or you will probably be kicked out after 2 rounds!

Beer pong is mainly famous in America but it is starting to gain popularity in other countries now too It is actually quite simple to play all you need is some space and a ping-pong ball First set-up two groups of glasses in lines facing each other, then fill all the glasses with beer or your favourite drink Each team then takes it in turn to bounce the ball into the opposing teams glass and if they are successful a member of the other team has to take a drink This process is repeated until the losing team is declared when they have no drinks left

As you can see there are some great games to play at the bar when you are bored Just remember to drink safe and try not to get banned from your local bar because of me!Find Cheap Hotels in Newcastle with our new blog

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Author : Amy NuttIf you’re planning on hiring a comedian for your next corporate event or party there are a lot of things that you need to consider to ensure that the show will be a success You can’t just blindly thumb through the phone book and pick the first comedian that you see advertised, you have to do a good deal of research to ensure that the comedian that you hire will put on a show that will be funny to your particular audience A poor performance by the entertainment of the event can make the entire event a flop, but choosing someone who tries to entertain the audience with humor that may offend some of your employees could result in a much worse scenario than just a bad party - that’s why you need to make sure that the comedian you hire puts on the kind of show that your employees will respond to

Here are some of the many things to consider before hiring a comedian, or any form of entertainment, for your next corporate event:

Who is in the Audience?

Your co-workers and employees are the reason that you are throwing your corporate event, without them you wouldn’t be having anything to celebrate - you most likely wouldn’t have a business at all, so it’s crucial that you examine your audience as a whole and make sure that nothing in the hired artist’s performance will offend anyone sitting in the audience

Some basics to stay away from are: profanity, religion, race and sex All of these can be very touchy topics that shouldn’t be brought up in the workplace, so they shouldn’t be brought up in an event help for the people in the workplace either You can’t, and shouldn’t, know everything about all of your employees private lives - any one of these topics focused on in any manner could create a really uncomfortable situation for one or several of your valued employees It’s safe to assume that if a topic shouldn’t be addressed at the workplace, than it shouldn’t be addressed by the entertainment at a corporate event either

The Track Record of the Performer

Just as you don’t want to hire a comedian that will touch on subjects that could offend some of your employees, you also don’t want to hire a comedian with no experience in this type of atmosphere Working the stage at a corporate event and working the stage at an open microphone night at a seedy bar are two completely different things - that’s not to say that a comedian who performs at clubs and bars can’t successfully perform at a corporate event, but you want someone with proof of success in these types of events

The comedian you are considering should be able to provide any number of references of parties and events that they have performed at It won’t take you more than a few minutes to check some of those corporate references to see exactly how the comedian that you are considering performed A good reference from another or several other, corporate events will give you a good idea whether the comedian you are considering can perform well in the event that you are holding

You want your corporate event to be a smashing success, something that all of your employees truly enjoy and will talk about favorably for the foreseeable future You want everyone to laugh and have a good time without any chance of anyone feeling uncomfortable or being offended The way to ensure this is to do your research and hire a comedian who is funny and clean and who has a good track record with several other corporate event performances under his or her belt Canadian Corporate Comedy Entertainment is an agency that provides standup comedians to Keynote speaker and corporate entertainment events and general content relating to British entertainment and culture. If you hire a comedian in Toronto this agency provides.

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Author : Nick NilssonJanuary is New Year’s Resolution time Lose weight, gain weight, quit smoking, start smoking, get rich, spend more time working and less time with their families you name it, people resolve to do it

Yet how many people actually succeed with their resolutions?

According to a statistic I just made up, 75% of people fail to keep their New Year’s Resolutions That number is even higher with weight loss resolutions

Why, you ask?

Well, here are my Top 20 Excuses Why New Year’s Resolutions to Lose Weight End in Failure

20 I wasn’t getting enough to eat on ONE diet so I had to go on THREE

19 Its winter and I need the extra insulation to keep me warm

18 I went to the gym and somebody was on my machine so I realized everything happens for a reason and it wasn’t meant to be

17 I went to the gym and there was no lifeguard on duty in case the rowing machine sank I complained to the manager but they threw me out

16 Turns out I didn’t really mean it

15 My other resolution to quit being a cranky jerk all the time wasn’t compatible with my low-carb diet

14 There was a big game on Wheel of Fortune is a game, right?

13 My DVR broke so I couldn’t fast-forward past all the food commercials

12 I figured since rice cakes don’t have many calories, the same was true of other cakes Like fudge cake And pancakes With syrup And fudge

11 My personal trainer called and said if I didn’t show up for my session on Friday, don’t bother showing up on Monday Woohoo! 4 day weekend!

10 No ashtrays on the treadmills at the gym How do they expect me stay on that thing for an hour without a cigarette break? It’s not like that little TV can keep my mind off how painful and boring it is to hammer away on that thing at 1 2 mph for 60 minutes

9 Krispy Kreme hasn’t come out with an Olestra-filled donut (that they’ve told us, at least I have my suspicions)

8 Billy Mays (that bearded infomercial guy) hasn’t come out with a Mighty Putty strong enough to keep my mouth shut at the all-you-can-eat buffet

7 The economy is in such rough shape, it’s hard to afford the new clothes I’ll have to buy as I get smaller so it’ll have to wait until I get a bailout

6 I have to buy junk foods “for the kids” even though they don’t really need that stuff either and I don’t actually HAVE any kids or KNOW any kids

5 I messed up and ate a chip on Day 2 so I gave up until next January’s resolution season

4 I need to get in better shape before I can join a gym to get in better shape

3 I made a resolution to give up drinking so I could lose weight but I did it while I was drunk so I forgot

2 I don’t want to insult my co-workers by not eating birthday cake at the office every single day, even when I have to bring it myself

1 I’m waiting for President Obama to lose the weight for me Nick Nilsson is Vice-President of BetterU, Inc. and has been inventing new training techniques and exercises for 17+ years. Nick has written many training books including ‘Muscle Explosion! 28 Days To Maximum Mass’ & ‘Metabolic Surge - Rapid Fat Loss’ - http://www.fitness-ebooks.com

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Author : jgraf Do you think when they asked Thomas Jefferson for his ID, he just took out a

nickel?
- from Musings

I can’t, for the life of me, recall how I emerged from the haze of those days But one (relatively) clear morning, I awoke to the aspiration of leaving substances behind, and a hankering to rejoin the establishment In need of gainful employment, I applied for office work As luck would have it, I submitted my dog-eared, coffee-stained resume to the winner of the annual Employer-from-Hell award

Born and raised in Skinflint, Michigan, when Cuthbert M Philbot read that you could feed a family of four in India for a hundred dollars a year, he sent his whole family there During the previous week, there had been a slight problem at the office Philbot had accidentally smiled and got a charley horse in his face The company had a tough sick leave policy There was no time off for illness or surgery Death was accepted, but you had to give three weeks’ notice

In the waiting room, I worked my way through an application To, "Length of residence at present address?" I wrote, "About 30 feet, not counting the porch " Where it said, "Tell us something about yourself," I entered, "I like my coffee weak and my women strong " At the bottom, where it said, "Sign here," I scrawled, "Pisces "

When I finished, I picked a copy of Jaws off the coffee table and began reading Presently, a distraught employee came out of the boss’s office, and I could hear Philbot trailing on, "I’m sorry, but if you take two hours for lunch today, I’ll have to do the same for every man whose wife gives birth to triplets "

I was in luck when, a few moments later, Philbot came out just in time to catch me off guard, nose in the book, rooting for the shark He could see he’d found the right man for a position on his team

"I want you to be happy here," said Philbot, giving me a quick tour of the office "If there’s anything you need, I’ll show you how to get along without it Oh, and, until further notice, don’t use the suggestion box The handle is broken and it won’t flush "

I was given my own office It was small, but private Except when another employee barged in to ask for a broom

The first day on the job, I came off as a real trendsetter I was the first one in the office to wear purple and white shoes Then I lost the white one But clothes, to me, are easy come, easy go Ever since I’d heard someone say, "Whenever I’m down in the dumps I buy new clothes," I knew where I’d be doing most of my shopping

Settling in, I hammered away on my computer keyboard Within a few moments, I had to requisition a new keyboard, as the hammer had quickly rendered the first one to a collage of plastic art This time, bowing to convention, I used my fingers I entered data steadily through the day Round about three o’clock, a colleague dropped by, saw what I was doing, and informed me that, while it was certainly energy efficient to work the way I was, it would be more productive to turn the power on first

Thanking him for the tip, I once again modified my approach I did not feel bad, however, about the lost time Although I can produce about 90 words a minute - in my own language - if you’re going to be picky and ask me to type readable copy, then it falls to about seven words, tops Had I been more adept, I would no doubt have felt devastated at the loss of significant production

Changing horses, I spent the rest of the day filing By five o’clock, with virtually no nails left, I punched out

The second morning, I arrived fifteen minutes late for work "Why are you late?" Philbot asked

"I fell down a flight of steps," I replied

"It doesn’t take fifteen minutes to fall down a flight of steps, " growled Philbot

That day, in a bid to improve efficiency, I undertook a little research project of my own It didn’t take long to verify my conjecture, that too many clients were creating a high level of stress, resulting in lower production I took to the phone and by early afternoon had disposed of over 70% of the company’s clientele

I waxed creative, informing some clients that we were going bankrupt, others that we were facing a class action suit and could no longer remain above ground with our operations Still others learned from me that we were downsizing and had to drop the ballast

By day’s end, a great sense of ease pervaded the office With the workload drastically reduced, we now had some much needed breathing space I prepared memos soliciting suggestions for our newly allotted recreation time, and recommended a shorter workweek, as well as significantly expanded vacations

I damn near made it to the end of the week Although I had carefully concealed my identity by signing all my outgoing memos with the handle of one of my altar-egos, "The Count of Bondaglio,"

I sensed the boss’s suspicion mount with the following little master-slave interchange:

Philbot: "I notice that you come to work late every morning "

Me: "Yes, but you’ll also notice that I leave early every afternoon!"

That was enough to terminate my residency in Office City, Illinois, though I suppose I should also mention, in passing, that Philbott had discovered I had pawned my computer equipment, and replaced it with a mini-Jacuzzi

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Author : Jan MichaelsI admit it I LIKE trivia, tho it serves no purpose for me since I can never remember any to bring up in conversation But still, it is fun, so I’ve created this list of amazing trivia that I found to be absolutely riveting

1 Snails can sleep up to 3 years
Not so amazing actually since I managed to sleep through 6 years of jr high and high school And when you think about it, what do snails have to do all their lives? Sure, they leave great slime trails and make excellent targets for salt shakers and little boys, but other than that there is not much more to do but sleep after an exhausting run across a sidewalk

2 American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class
Until I read this, I was convinced that there was an olive missing from my salad, yet no one would believe me Now I am vindicated! I am now searching for proof that the airlines have taken one peanut from each bag I’ll keep you posted

3 An ostrichs eye is bigger than its brain
After reading this, I realized that I know of many people with the same problem! But that is an article about politicians I am working on For me, it is usually that my eyes are bigger than my stomach

4 Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour
Well, I would like to see anyone keep this up long enough to actually lose 150 calories Now that I think about it, I DO NOT want to see

5 Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he does not wear pants
This is completely understandable I mean, who wants to look at a duck with no pants on? Besides, I understand that it is the law for all birds to wear pants in the city limits of Finland

6 If you pass gas consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb
I tried to prove or disprove this, but two things stopped me I couldn’t stand to look at a bowl of chili after the third day, and my girlfriend threatened to leave me although it was kinda hard to tell what she was really saying with that gas mask on

7 In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes
Now, this piece of trivia leaves ALOT to the imagination, which is probably a good thing BUT, I would like to point out, you would have to be pretty limber to get some on those hairs nuff said

8 The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated
I know this trivia fact is not true because I have gone drinking with my ants several times and I have watched them fall over in several different directions usually they tend to fall on my uncles tho

9 The average human eats eight spiders in their lifetime at night
I am not sure about this fact I have seen several spiders at night and never once felt compelled to eat one Though I hear that spider is tasty if barbecued correctly

10 And now for our final fun trivia fact:
Females Lions do the lions share of the work when it comes to hunting and cub raising Males tend to sun themselves a lot and some of them mate over 50 times a day No wonder the females do all the work
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Author : Jan MichaelsHeres some helpful information to help you decide if you fit into the small town mold Remember theres no shame in coming from a small town unless everybody in town was your relative

You can name everyone you graduated with

You know what 4-H is

You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road

You used to drag main

You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones would bust you and which ones would not (same goes with the game warden)

You ever went cow-tipping

You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were (and if you were old enough they would tell your parents anyhow)

When you did find someone old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes, you still had to go out to the country and drive on back roads to smoke them

It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town

You had senior skip day

The whole school went to the same party after graduation

You do not give directions by street names or directions by references (turn by Nelsons house, go two blocks past Andersons, and it is four houses left of the track field)

You can not help but date a friends ex-girlfriend (or boyfriend)

Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason

The town next to you is considered trashy or snooty, but is actually just like your town

You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the rich people

Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed store

You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town

Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger

Directions are given using the one stop light as a reference

Weekend excitement involves a trip to a Wal-Mart

You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride

Your teachers call you by your older siblings names

You can charge at all the local stores

The closest McDonalds is 45 miles away

It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawnmower

If you laugh your head off reading this, it is because you know they are all true and you can forward this article to all six people that lives in your town!
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